#EBE6DA is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #EBE6DA works with other colors. Named schemes with #EBE6DA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Greige sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Greige opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Greige is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Greige.
Greige keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Greige is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Greige carrying the quiet middle.
How #EBE6DA actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #EBE6DA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EBE6DA;
--color-base-rgb: 235 230 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.6% 0.017 88.0);
--color-50: #FAF8F5;
--color-100: #F1EDE4;
--color-200: #E2DBCA;
--color-300: #CBBFA4;
--color-400: #B2A380;
--color-500: #958560;
--color-600: #74684E;
--color-700: #544C3B;
--color-800: #383329;
--color-900: #23201B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
greige: {
50: '#FAF8F5',
100: '#F1EDE4',
200: '#E2DBCA',
300: '#CBBFA4',
400: '#B2A380',
500: '#958560',
600: '#74684E',
700: '#544C3B',
800: '#383329',
900: '#23201B',
},
}
$base: #EBE6DA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAF8F5; $base-100: #F1EDE4; $base-200: #E2DBCA; $base-300: #CBBFA4; $base-400: #B2A380; $base-500: #958560; $base-600: #74684E; $base-700: #544C3B; $base-800: #383329; $base-900: #23201B; $base-hover: #CCBEA0; $base-subtle: #F9F7F5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EBE6DA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF8F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1EDE4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E2DBCA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CBBFA4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B2A380",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#958560",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#74684E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#544C3B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383329",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#23201B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}